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Collaborating to Build an Opera Ensemble.
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Ames, Roger – Music Educators Journal, 1993
Describes a summer school program in which secondary students collaborated to build an opera company. Details the activities of seven days in the first stage of the three-stage project. Concludes that the experience built democratic values. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Democratic Values, Extracurricular Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Presenting Opera to College Students.
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Drago, Marganne – Music Educators Journal, 1993
Describes a college level course in opera for nonmusic education students. Contends that students benefited from the enriching experience of the course. Includes a list of 10 operas recommended for an introductory course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Activities, Curriculum Development
The Art of Opera.
King, David L. – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Describes a two-week arts appreciation unit implemented by a sixth-grade teacher at Graham Elementary School in Los Angeles. The unit introduces the students to Parisian art and architecture, the music of Wagner and Stravinsky, and the paintings of Monet and Chagall. Visual and aural exposure to art and music, group discussions, and hands-on art…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Educational Objectives
Original Opera in Middle Schools.
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Bland, Anita – Music Educators Journal, 1993
Describes a middle school program in which students create and produce an original opera. Describes the interdisciplinary learning acquired as students created music, dialog, sets, and costumes. Contends that the project was an exciting and rewarding experience for students and teachers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creative Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education
Create an Opera with Elementary Students.
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Speake, Constance J. – Music Educators Journal, 1993
Describes the production of operas in a second-grade classroom. Explains how the project requires an interdisciplinary approach to learning. Contends that elementary, secondary, and even higher education students would benefit from this activity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Rhodes College and Opera Memphis Web Project.
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Gray, Patricia – 1996
The Rhodes College (Memphis, Tennessee) History of Opera class collaborated with Opera Memphis to create a documentary on regional opera production, to present online information about Opera Memphis through a World Wide Web home page, and to construct a class home page to be used as a repository for examples of creative writing. The project…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Cooperation, Electronic Publishing
Integrating Classical Music into the Elementary Social Studies Curriculum.
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Bracken, Khlare R. – Social Studies Journal, 1997
Provides a rationale for using classical music as the basis of interdisciplinary units in elementary social studies. Recommends beginning with a series of humorous pieces to familiarize students with classical music. Includes many examples for utilizing pieces related to geography and history. (MJP)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Creative Teaching, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education
Toward a Phenomenology of Music: A Musician's Composition Journal.
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Smith, F. Joseph – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 1995
Presents 44 entries from a modern composer and music professors' journal, culled from 1993 to the present. Includes comments and criticisms of composers and musicians, as well as philosophical and practical observations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Auditory Perception, Choral Music, Cognitive Processes